Out of Breath discussion

I found myself really disappointed with this book. Reason to breathe, and barely breathing are one of my favourite books and this book, I felt wasn't as good. I don't know if it was just because Evan wasn't really in it at the start or if the characters were annoying me. Also I was really disappointing with the epilogue, I just really wanted to know where Emma and Evan's life was in a few years. I'm not sure if anyone else was disappointing with the ending? And what do you think the ending should have been.. the same or different?

I must admit i am a huge fan of the Breathe series! I got all of my friends onto it but i was soo disappointed in Out of Breathe. I had been looking forward to reading it but was a bit let down. I think it was because i really didnt like the character Emma turned into, she really annoyed me!!I actually hated her in the end! I will still always love the first two books though!!

Out of Breathe was such a disappointment. Emma was sooooo annoying to me. I hated the ending and really had issues with everything overall..The bit about Jonathan felt like a random page filler so she could make him relevant again for her spin off. I didnt like it at all.

Yeah, she was really annoying in this book and I really didn't like Cole at all.

Well I was really mad at Rebecca for ending her second book that way. I skipped most of the part where Emma was with Cole and went to the part when Evan finally met her after two years. TWO FREAKING YEARS! I'm still mad at the author. And I felt like the epilogue wasn't good. I mean it was happy, but I expected more from it.

I don't know. The epilogue is supposed to show us how their lives are after everything. I was really hoping for more. Especially since rebecca donovan waited until the very end for Emma to tell Evan everything!! As usual!! There should have been more! It was only fair, seeing that we didn't see much of them after Emma got over all her insecurities! Ugh this book!!

Stacey wrote: "Out of Breathe was such a disappointment. Emma was sooooo annoying to me. I hated the ending and really had issues with everything overall..The bit about Jonathan felt like a random page filler so ..."

You know I didn't really pay much attention to it at first, but YES, the part about Jonathan did feel like a page filler. I mean, what was the point of her going to see him? I didn't see anything get resolved to be honest.

I think i read somewhere in one of rebecca donovan's posts that in the new trilogy about Jonathon Evan and Emma will be seen in there.... maybe she will give us an idea of where they are in the future.?

I read the comments and it seems that everyone wants or wanted the 3rd book start as a love story... but this whole series is not solely focused on the love itself. Jeez that girl lived through hell twice. She cannot just make amends in a day, a week, a month.

I understood and I loved that it took years to get better. I loved that it was really slow with Evan, that he did not trust her, I loved that it was not something overwritten. They had a rough time, they needed time to realize that and to get better. I loved the series!

Actually Im not. Its a perfect ending for that kind of intense series. Especially on how Rebecca end her first two books, you'll always have this kind of feeling similar to a cliff hanger type. You just have to let your mind take Evan and Emma wherever you want. Just know that they did survive and conquer evrything that happened between them. Its good enough for me :)

Sherese wrote: "I don't know. The epilogue is supposed to show us how their lives are after everything. I was really hoping for more. Especially since rebecca donovan waited until the very end for Emma to tell Eva..."

I agree with Bianca and Sherese. I know it takes time to heal and trust after all Emma and Evan had been through. I actually liked that Cole got Emma to start breaking out of her self imposed hell. I just wished the book was a little longer with a chapter of Emma's visit with her Grandmother, Jack and Leyla. Then the epilogue would tell how Emma and Evan are doing back at Stanford or in Weslyn and also see what Sara, Jared and their friends thought after everything they went through. Especially Vivian since she really cared for Emma.

I'm very disappointed in the ending I mean really, what happens after she meets her grandmother?, what happened to Cole after he left?, What happens after she bought the house? What happens after they graduate?!!!! I needed a happier ending. I love the breathing series but the ending is really bad.

I don't want to insult the book but the fact is her leaving and all the self loathing is comparable to a reverse twilight. I loved the first book. The second one pissed me off at points but regardless I was still anticipating the release of her third installment. I feel like it was an amazing storyline but the only meaning and emotion she put into it were a bunch of corny lines thrown in there! Seriously if she would have put more effort and detail Into this story it would have been EPIC! And that epilogue I read it on my phone and it was 3 pages..... So that is like 1 full page...... I guess I was disappointed. It wasn't horrible but I expected so much more

Oooooh and why is it that when Emma went into the water and almost gave up it was her strength to live that pulled her out. And she supposedly shed all the past and such. But when she went to tell Evan about it she made herself seem weak. In the moment it was an impowering thing almost like her rebirth then like a chapter later she totally tore it down. Like what the heck!

I actually loved this book, I completely understand why Emma acted this way after everything she had been through. Even Evan went through hell in the series, they both needed time to reflect and blow off steam. They needed time to heal.

Stephanie wrote: "I actually loved this book, I completely understand why Emma acted this way after everything she had been through. Even Evan went through hell in the series, they both needed time to reflect and bl..."

I actually felt the same way! I felt frustrated, of course, every time Emma took steps back, but I'm really glad she wasn't able to just shrug off everything that happened in the previous books and be fine right away. And I really appreciated that this book focused a bit on how traumatic all this was for Evan, too, because I think that gets overlooked in a lot of books.

Shammbles wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I actually loved this book, I completely understand why Emma acted this way after everything she had been through. Even Evan went through hell in the series, they both needed time..."
I completely agree!

Bianca wrote: "I found myself really disappointed with this book. Reason to breathe, and barely breathing are one of my favourite books and this book, I felt wasn't as good. I don't know if it was just because Ev..."
I felt the same way. I was enormously disappointed in the ending. I felt that her "search" for Jack was ridiculous- everything she said to him was true- he was a murderer and involved her in it and yet she was ready to leave people she cared about to go in search of him? I just felt it was a pointless and annoying bunch of filler in a book that in my mind had way too much filler to begin with- I also felt that while too much was added that could be have been left out, things that could have been added were not- what happened with Sarah and Jared? What about Vivian and her new life? What happened to the house for the remainder of years they were on the west coast? Did Emma build a relationship with her grandmother? Also the bit about her going to Fla- what did her uncle think about that? How did he fare in all of this? Just too much left for us to fill in-

I agree! I wanted to see the futures of all of the characters that I’ve come to love! Sarah and Emma especially. They’ve been through so much. And you really don’t get to see a last conversation between them. I’m re-reading the series again.